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Brian G. Marsden

1937 - 2010

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Brian Geoffrey Marsden (5 August 1937 – 18 November 2010) was a British astronomer and the longtime director of the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (director emeritus from 2006 to 2010). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian G. Marsden has received more than 48,894 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian G. Marsden is the 374th most popular astronomer (down from 352nd in 2019), the 4,213th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,962nd in 2019) and the 55th most popular German Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 49k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Brian G. Marsden has had the most page views in the with 5,952 views, followed by Chinese (1,361), and Spanish (967). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (69.51%), Esperanto (45.09%), and Egyptian Arabic (36.57%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Brian G. Marsden ranks 374 out of 644. Before him are Paul Götz, Ralph Copeland, James Edward Keeler, Johann III Bernoulli, Frank Watson Dyson, and Gérard de Vaucouleurs. After him are Adrien Auzout, Tadeáš Hájek, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, Chushiro Hayashi, Johann von Lamont, and Christoph Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Brian G. Marsden ranks 303. Before him are Jeannot Szwarc, Irina Solovyova, Clodovil Hernandes, Sally Kellerman, Merle Haggard, and Jennifer Welles. After him are Nikolay Drozdov, Moacyr Scliar, Galimzyan Khusainov, Anna Massey, Nélida Piñon, and Joe Henderson. Among people deceased in 2010, Brian G. Marsden ranks 232. Before him are Loki Schmidt, Jacqueline de Romilly, George C. Williams, Robert Byrd, Jyoti Basu, and Kenneth Noland. After him are Dezső Bundzsák, Chushiro Hayashi, Harry Vos, Galimzyan Khusainov, Jonathan Motzfeldt, and Bob Guccione.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Brian G. Marsden ranks 4,213 out of 7,253. Before him are Erna Berger (1900), Johann Schreck (1576), Rolf Wolfshohl (1938), Heinrich Kayser (1853), Christiane Hörbiger (1938), and Reiner Schöne (1942). After him are Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1709), Carl Joseph Begas (1794), Heinz Strehl (1938), Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (1976), Percy Adlon (1935), and Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Brian G. Marsden ranks 55. Before him are Christine Kirch (1697), Joseph Helffrich (1890), Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835), Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (1765), Georg Marcgrave (1610), and Paul Götz (1883). After him are Ernst Hartwig (1851), Albrecht Unsöld (1905), Julius Schiller (1580), Friedrich Tietjen (1834), Richard Schorr (1867), and Ludwig Biermann (1907).

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